Professor Anthony Davis
M.A., D.Phil.(Oxon.), FRSC
Current positions
Professor of Supramolecular Chemistry
School of Chemistry
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Research interests
Current research interests include; supramolecular Chemistry, carbohydrate recognition, anion recognition and transport; crystal engineering, computer-aided molecular design.
Professor Davis is a supervisor in the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Chemical Synthesis
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
Divalent Glucose Receptors for Biomimetic Glucose-Sensitive Switches - Rafia Siddiqui NIF
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of ChemistryDates
03/11/2025 to 02/11/2027
Synthetic Receptors, Transporters and Catalysts Aimed at Glucose-6-Phosphate - Debashis Mondal NIF
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of ChemistryDates
20/03/2025 to 19/03/2027
ENSCC - European Network on the Supramolecular Chemistry of Carbohydrates
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of ChemistryDates
01/03/2024 to 29/02/2028
After GluHUT - A New Era for Synthetic Carbohydrate Receptors
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of ChemistryDates
01/10/2023 to 30/09/2028
Recognition of Sialic Acid by Benzoboroxole Tethered Peptides -Newton International Fellow: Pritam Ghosh
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of ChemistryDates
20/06/2022 to 19/06/2024
Thesis supervisions
Publications
Recent publications
16/01/2026Amino-acid-encoded assembly of programmable chiral Solomon links
Nature Synthesis
Bicyclic anionic receptors for carboxylates in water
Chemical Science
Polyanionic Receptors for Carboxylates in Water
Angewandte Chemie International Edition
Structural Requirements of Synthetic Anionophores for Inorganic Phosphate and Phosphate Esters
ChemistryEurope
Making molecules work - stories of supramolecular translation
Chemical Science
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